Migration News
Offline
Migrations News
Reuters
The Biden administration said on Saturday it was immediately suspending Trump-era asylum agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, part of a bid to undo his Republican predecessor’s hardline immigration policies. In a statement, State Department Secretary Antony Blinken said the United States had “suspended and initiated the process to terminate the…
Offline
Migration News
Biden signs order to ramp up refugee admissions and plans to allocate 125,000 spots next fiscal year
Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News - special LIRS mention!
President Biden issued an executive order on Thursday to increase refugee admissions and allow the U.S. to set a goal of providing safe haven to 125,000 people around the world fleeing violence, conflict and persecution during his first full fiscal year in office. In the order, Mr. Biden called for an…
Offline
Migration News
Biden vows to allow more refugees into the United States
Hannah Miao, CNBC
President Joe Biden announced Thursday he plans to raise the cap on refugees allowed to enter the U.S. as he inherits a resettlement program whittled down by former President Donald Trump. “Today, I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need,” Biden said. “It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so…
Offline
Migration News
Michael D. Shear (@shearm) and Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs), The New York Times
President Biden moved cautiously on Tuesday to confront the most intractable immigration issues that his predecessor left behind: reuniting migrant children separated from their families, rebuilding a working asylum system and restoring opportunities for foreign workers and students to enter…
Offline
Migration News
Biden Plans to Roll Back Trump’s Refugee, Asylum Crackdowns
Jordan Fabian and Justin Sink, Bloomberg
President Joe Biden will sign a trio of executive orders on Tuesday to reverse Donald Trump’s crackdown on asylum seekers and refugees, continuing his push to loosen his predecessor’s strict immigration policies. White House officials said Biden’s orders were designed to reverse policies they described as cruel and wasteful, while promoting inclusion and the integration…
Offline
Migration News
Biden delays orders to reverse Trump-era immigration changes, create task force for separated families
CBS News
President Biden plans to undo one of the Trump administration's immigration restrictions as he delays work on others. Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, the president and CEO of the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, spoke to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about the impact of immigration policy changes and the tough road ahead to reunite families separated by the U.S. government.
Offline
Migration News
Factbox: What Biden plans to do next on refugees, separated families and regional migration
Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke, Reuters
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue executive orders on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, refugee resettlement and the reunification of migrant families, according to a Biden transition team memo shared with lawmakers and recent comments by an administration official. The orders had been planned for Friday, according to the memo and…
Offline
Migration News
DOJ rescinds ‘zero tolerance’ immigration rule
Michael Balsamo and Colleen Long, AP
The Justice Department rescinded a Trump-era memo that established a “zero tolerance” enforcement policy for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, which resulted in thousands of family separations. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson issued the new memo to federal prosecutors across the nation on Tuesday, saying the department would return to its longstanding previous policy…
Offline
Migration News
BREAKING: Texas Court Blocks Biden's Deportation Freeze
Jennifer Doherty, Law360
A Texas federal judge granted a temporary restraining order on Tuesday barring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from pausing most deportations nationwide while it conducts an internal review, finding that the department may have violated immigration statutes.
Covid-19 Pandemic Pushes Down Number of Refugee Resettlements
Raja Abdulrahim, Wall Street Journal
A fraction of the nearly 1.5…
Offline
Migration News
Texas attorney general files lawsuit to block Biden's deportation freeze
Ted Hesson, Reuters
The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit on Friday that seeks to block U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to pause certain deportations for 100 days, a controversial opening-move by the Democratic president that has provoked blowback from some Republicans. In the court filing on Friday, Paxton argued that the deportation moratorium violated the president’s constitutional duty to…
About this channel
- 29,338 views
- 103 articles
- 0 followers
